Simsbury – Author Night: Matthew Dicks will discuss his novel Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend; the author of several novels, Dicks is also a past West Hartford Teacher of the Year, and co-founder and creative director of Speak Up, a Hartford-based storytelling organization that produces shows throughout New England; 7 p.m.; Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom, jcreads@hotmail.com. FREE, (bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank.) Reservations requested.